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| Broughton Tower, Broughton in Furness | ||
| Broughton Tower | ||
| locality:- | Broughton in Furness | |
| civil parish:- | Broughton West (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| locality type:- | tower | |
| locality type:- | park | |
| coordinates:- | SD21398791 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD2187 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD28 | |
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 BXD74.jpg (taken 24.8.2012)  BXD73.jpg (taken 24.8.2012) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 6 12) placename:- Broughton Tower |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760 |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of
Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards,
scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas
Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John
Bowles, London, 1760. BO18SD18.jpg outline of fence palings item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- West 1784 map |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland,
Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch,
engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784. Ws02SD18.jpg "Tower" item:- Armitt Library : A1221.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) |
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| source data:- | Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England,
Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition
by Richard Gough, published London, 1789. goto sourcePage 143:- "Broughton, the seat of a family of that name till forfeited t. Henry VII. by sir Thomas Broughton for joining Lambert Simnel. He is said to have fallen in the battle of Stoke 1487, but others say he escaped to Witherslack in Westmorland, where he lived long undiscovered among his tenants, and was buried there in the chapel since rebuilt at a considerable distance from the old site by dean Borwick 1664. It belongs now to the Sawreys and has a considerable market for woollen yarn, and a neat square built by the Sawreys." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Broughton Tower Special School item:- date stone (1777); date stone (1744); date stone (1837) |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "BROUGHTON TOWER SPECIAL SCHOOL / / / BROUGHTON WEST / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 75801 / SD2139787917" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "GATE AND GATE PIERS APPROXIMATELY 67 METRES TO NORTH OF BROUGHTON TOWER / / / BROUGHTON WEST / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75802 / SD2143187979" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "GATEWAY TO BROUGHTON TOWER / / THE SQUARE / BROUGHTON WEST / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75835 / SD2123187640" |
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 BXD75.jpg Ha ha wall. (taken 24.8.2012)  BMG27.jpg (taken 12.6.2006) |
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| hearsay:- |
The Broughton Family lived here. The ?last was Sir Thomas Broughton who died at the
Battle of Stoke Field, 1487, at the end of the Wars of the Roses. |
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| notes:- |
14th century tower and later hall |
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| Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS::
ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan and illustrations |
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